Vulnerability CVE-2009-2762
Published: 2009-08-13   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
Med.
WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote Admin Reset Password Vulnerability
Laurent Gaffi
11.08.2009

Type:

CWE-255

 (Credentials Management)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Wordpress -> Wordpress 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
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